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Raphael "Raph" Koster (born September 7, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, game designer, and author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design. Koster is widely recognized for his work as the lead designer of Ultima Online [ 1 ] and the creative director behind Star Wars Galaxies . [ 2 ]
ArtCraft, the studio working on the nebulous PvP MMO Crowfall, announced today that Koster, the backbone of sandbox legends Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies, has been collaborating with the ...
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Metaplace was a software platform intended to democratize the development of virtual worlds, [1] which was later used to make Facebook games. The company was established by Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies designer Raph Koster.
Many MUDs are still active and a number of influential MMORPG designers, such as Raph Koster, Brad McQuaid, [11] Matt Firor, Mark Jacobs, Brian Green, [12] and J. Todd Coleman, began as MUD developers and/or players. The history of MMORPGs grows directly out of the history of MUDs. [13] [14]
The man who has a hand in pretty much all of the games that Disney's social gaming studio, Playdom, knows a thing or two about gaming. One of the creators of storied MMO Ultima Online, Playdom VP ...
Koster's executive bosses "blew up a huge portion of the design" in favor of fitting the fledgling game into Origin's Wing Commander IP, several online versions of which were already in the works.
Asheron's Call 2: Closed: 3D: Fantasy: Pay-to-play: 2002: 2005, 2017 [2] Ashes of Creation: Development 3D Fantasy Pay-to-play TBA Astonia III: Active 2D: Fantasy: Free-to-play: 2001: Originally pay-to-play until 2014 when the official servers shut down and the creator released the source code; thus, multiple fan-made communities emerged ...